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How many licensed professionals are there in Illinois
290,542 people hold an active Illinois licence in the 12 professions counted here, 68,541 of them physicians.
A controlled substance licence adds a second row for the same person, so the table sums the practitioner licence descriptions named in its last column rather than board totals.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation licence file, September 2026.
290,542
active licensees
68,541
licensed physicians
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation licence file, September 2026.
Active Illinois licensees by profession
| Profession | Active licensees | Licence descriptions summed |
|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 14,702 | LICENSED DENTIST + LICENSED SPECIALIST IN DENTISTRY |
| Physicians | 68,541 | LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON |
| Nurse practitioners | 34,130 | ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE + FULL PRACTICE AUTHORITY APRN |
| Pharmacists | 21,880 | REGISTERED PHARMACIST |
| Veterinarians | 5,361 | LICENSED VETERINARIAN |
| Certified public accountants | 40,044 | LICENSED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT + REGISTERED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT |
| Real estate brokers | 64,037 | LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER + LICENSED REAL ESTATE MANAGING BROKER |
| Architects | 10,501 | LICENSED ARCHITECT |
| Landscape architects | 687 | REGISTERED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT |
| Professional engineers | 21,920 | LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER |
| Structural engineers | 3,815 | LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER |
| Roofing contractors | 4,924 | LICENSED ROOFING CONTRACTOR |
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation licence file, September 2026.
Active licences by county and board
| County | Medical Board | Adv Practice Nurse | Pharmacy | Dental | Real Estate | Prof. Engineer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 52,741 | 16,647 | 19,966 | 12,470 | 30,625 | 13,796 |
| Dupage | 9,677 | 3,610 | 4,249 | 3,405 | 6,571 | 4,406 |
| Lake | 5,134 | 1,928 | 2,749 | 1,856 | 4,026 | 1,659 |
| Will | 2,537 | 2,379 | 2,903 | 1,673 | 3,425 | 1,699 |
| Kane | 2,376 | 1,430 | 1,564 | 917 | 2,310 | 1,268 |
| Sangamon | 2,815 | 1,191 | 803 | 409 | 650 | 1,046 |
| Champaign | 1,820 | 932 | 652 | 377 | 558 | 2,339 |
| Peoria | 2,844 | 1,080 | 649 | 385 | 459 | 883 |
| Mchenry | 1,189 | 829 | 975 | 664 | 1,452 | 683 |
| Winnebago | 2,087 | 1,033 | 871 | 526 | 636 | 413 |
| Madison | 1,187 | 882 | 912 | 744 | 706 | 847 |
| Saint Clair | 1,667 | 738 | 781 | 367 | 561 | 497 |
| Mclean | 889 | 607 | 444 | 294 | 509 | 279 |
| Adams | 849 | 291 | 1,138 | 194 | 249 | 205 |
| Tazewell | 473 | 536 | 498 | 253 | 302 | 403 |
| Rock Island | 802 | 445 | 371 | 208 | 174 | 256 |
| Kendall | 211 | 405 | 480 | 214 | 645 | 264 |
| Missouri | 557 | 196 | 340 | 61 | 96 | 815 |
| Macon | 557 | 327 | 337 | 151 | 181 | 255 |
| Jackson | 674 | 232 | 202 | 113 | 89 | 465 |
| Williamson | 514 | 351 | 318 | 127 | 181 | 200 |
| Kankakee | 514 | 297 | 274 | 142 | 240 | 153 |
| La Salle | 287 | 253 | 258 | 207 | 238 | 286 |
| Dekalb | 353 | 227 | 241 | 153 | 304 | 242 |
| Indiana | 194 | 195 | 321 | 93 | 169 | 482 |
| Wisconsin | 247 | 60 | 226 | 74 | 95 | 474 |
| Coles | 356 | 242 | 127 | 87 | 83 | 82 |
| Jefferson | 436 | 163 | 153 | 52 | 63 | 90 |
| Vermilion | 213 | 286 | 175 | 58 | 112 | 104 |
| Effingham | 208 | 206 | 137 | 99 | 79 | 198 |
| California | 166 | 33 | 223 | 47 | 25 | 387 |
| Grundy | 192 | 168 | 145 | 87 | 182 | 98 |
| Iowa | 125 | 93 | 196 | 29 | 155 | 262 |
| Texas | 139 | 28 | 240 | 30 | 24 | 391 |
| Boone | 287 | 123 | 137 | 68 | 135 | 63 |
| Florida | 169 | 36 | 227 | 36 | 55 | 234 |
| Clinton | 89 | 167 | 165 | 65 | 84 | 171 |
| Marion | 202 | 171 | 175 | 37 | 62 | 70 |
| Knox | 214 | 145 | 135 | 71 | 70 | 74 |
| Monroe | 88 | 146 | 142 | 82 | 112 | 138 |
| Montgomery | 262 | 150 | 113 | 39 | 41 | 99 |
| Whiteside | 188 | 146 | 145 | 67 | 73 | 59 |
| Henry | 102 | 125 | 160 | 82 | 75 | 111 |
| Woodford | 85 | 165 | 124 | 66 | 77 | 123 |
| Ogle | 96 | 147 | 131 | 74 | 106 | 74 |
| Stephenson | 180 | 106 | 112 | 69 | 63 | 62 |
| Ohio | 112 | 21 | 123 | 13 | 0 | 318 |
| Lee | 167 | 86 | 88 | 44 | 97 | 97 |
| Michigan | 114 | 16 | 91 | 24 | 25 | 308 |
| Fulton | 191 | 112 | 113 | 36 | 47 | 62 |
| Macoupin | 68 | 108 | 150 | 66 | 82 | 87 |
| Franklin | 118 | 81 | 176 | 41 | 46 | 64 |
| New York | 168 | 18 | 105 | 13 | 10 | 129 |
| Morgan | 96 | 103 | 88 | 38 | 40 | 77 |
| Saline | 107 | 88 | 127 | 25 | 26 | 53 |
| Christian | 59 | 87 | 116 | 42 | 59 | 59 |
| Randolph | 115 | 97 | 89 | 37 | 29 | 54 |
| Livingston | 69 | 63 | 94 | 53 | 73 | 66 |
| Washington | 89 | 54 | 81 | 16 | 14 | 144 |
| Hamilton | 151 | 72 | 66 | 14 | 21 | 53 |
| Bureau | 77 | 70 | 80 | 37 | 52 | 59 |
| Pennsylvania | 58 | 0 | 138 | 8 | 0 | 169 |
| Scott | 57 | 69 | 51 | 10 | 139 | 33 |
| Mcdonough | 95 | 77 | 76 | 28 | 42 | 33 |
| Wayne | 157 | 47 | 65 | 19 | 32 | 24 |
| Douglas | 114 | 37 | 52 | 54 | 39 | 48 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 221 |
| Clark | 130 | 37 | 66 | 22 | 34 | 42 |
| Piatt | 37 | 83 | 73 | 32 | 31 | 70 |
| Johnson | 124 | 54 | 44 | 14 | 21 | 66 |
| Jersey | 57 | 53 | 81 | 45 | 45 | 42 |
| Perry | 51 | 71 | 77 | 48 | 23 | 51 |
| Logan | 52 | 73 | 79 | 27 | 37 | 40 |
| Shelby | 83 | 50 | 78 | 33 | 23 | 41 |
| Arizona | 46 | 6 | 124 | 11 | 10 | 110 |
| Tennessee | 51 | 8 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| Union | 113 | 28 | 77 | 24 | 16 | 46 |
| Georgia | 60 | 9 | 57 | 13 | 19 | 146 |
| Iroquois | 46 | 60 | 74 | 39 | 42 | 37 |
| Colorado | 35 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 11 | 192 |
| New Jersey | 36 | 0 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 114 |
| Fayette | 73 | 60 | 54 | 39 | 19 | 32 |
| Richland | 54 | 75 | 51 | 14 | 28 | 50 |
| Virginia | 41 | 5 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 160 |
| Crawford | 50 | 70 | 47 | 28 | 48 | 26 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 20 | 94 | 0 | 5 | 110 |
| Jo Daviess | 66 | 28 | 36 | 23 | 76 | 23 |
| Warren | 44 | 19 | 53 | 27 | 94 | 11 |
| Edgar | 41 | 54 | 50 | 23 | 17 | 44 |
| North Carolina | 28 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 111 |
| Pike | 27 | 47 | 40 | 19 | 62 | 22 |
| Hancock | 38 | 34 | 40 | 23 | 33 | 33 |
| Ford | 40 | 34 | 47 | 30 | 25 | 17 |
| Kansas | 15 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 145 |
| Mercer | 51 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 20 |
| Bond | 38 | 39 | 41 | 17 | 23 | 24 |
| Massachusetts | 40 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 76 |
| Greene | 41 | 22 | 38 | 33 | 21 | 18 |
| Massac | 42 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 17 | 34 |
| Moultrie | 7 | 34 | 53 | 16 | 22 | 35 |
| Maryland | 37 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Lawrence | 47 | 52 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 16 |
| Menard | 12 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 32 | 31 |
| White | 19 | 33 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 25 |
| Wabash | 59 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 22 |
| Cumberland | 31 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
| Clay | 35 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 18 |
| Jasper | 11 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| Carroll | 25 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 21 |
| De Witt | 9 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 33 |
| Oklahoma | 60 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Washington State | 25 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 62 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 74 |
| Marshall | 18 | 10 | 47 | 16 | 12 | 25 |
| Mason | 16 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 18 | 19 |
| Cass | 13 | 22 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 20 |
| Schuyler | 19 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
| Louisiana | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Brown | 41 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Nevada | 18 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Utah | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Alabama | 19 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 57 |
| Delaware | 51 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| District Of Columbia | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Stark | 11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| Pulaski | 14 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Putnam | 10 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 13 |
| Calhoun | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Oregon | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Edwards | 9 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Henderson | 9 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Hardin | 13 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Idaho | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| New Mexico | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Gallatin | 9 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Pope | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Alexander | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Licences, not people: a board count includes a second row for a practitioner who also holds a controlled substance licence. 94,779 active licences in these six boards carry no county and are not in this table.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation licence file, September 2026.
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ProfessionLens, How many licensed professionals are there in Illinois, September 2026, https://professionlens.com/illinois.